The awards night took place at the Holiday Inn, Taunton, as part of the Company Programme scheme, which sees students set up and run their own real company over one year.

The teams of students were judged on three key elements: their company reports; trade stands; and company presentation to judges and invited guests.

Among the judging panel for this year’s finals was Chris Freer, general manager of the Holiday Inn, Elizabeth York, solicitor at Porter Dodson, and Adam Francis, Business Development Manager at Somerset College.

Prizes were awarded for various categories and ‘AppyDays’ (The Park School) scooped the overall winner award with the chance to represent Somerset at the regional finals in June.

Fellow award winners included ‘Woodworks’ (Taunton School) who bagged the award for Best Company Report, while the Best Company Presentation was awarded to ‘Persistence’ (King Alfred School).